An Explanations on Jews as a race and the different types of Jew

All Jews are genetically more similar to Arabs than they are to Europeans because they are all Middle Eastern. When the Romans were at the height of their power, they controlled Judea and Sumeria which are the hills in modern day Israel and well as part of modern day Jordan. At one point the Romans began to limit the rights that the Jews had, so the Jews started a rebellion which they lost quickly. This began the nearly 2000 year long Diaspora, Jews went to Europe, North Africa, The Middle East,  and even China. The Romans to celebrate the conquest of Judea, they printed a coin which read "Judea Capta" or Capture of Judea.



The first Jews I will mention are the Ashkenazim Jews who moved to Eastern Europe from the Baltic States to Russia, The Ashkenazim Jewish population was in many places in Poland, Germany, Belarus, and Ukraine,  were the majority. During World War 2 these populations were the ones who were killed by the Nazis

The definition as to where Sephardi Jews come from is a little messy. English Jews could be considers as either Sephardi Jews of their own sect. Spanish and Western European Jews are for the most part a mixture of Ashkenazim and Sephardi Jews who were exiled in 1492 along with the English Jews who were told to either leave or convert to Christianity. Moroccan Jews and other North African Jews are also Sephardi and are a very large population who moved to Israel after it gained Independence.

The Mezrahi Jews are Jews who lived in Ottoman land prior to World War One in Arab land are now almost all in Israel due to being expelled. Iran used to have 150,000 Jews around 1930, but now there are almost none

There are also Ethiopian Jews who most likely went the other way when Jews were escaping Egypt.

In conclusion, Judaism could be considered a religion, but Jews are a race with a strong identity and are also a race even if we are all a little different, most Jews are religious only to keep the tradition alive.